Homicide Rate Correction
October 13, 2005

There was a math error in the Homicide Rate table in E-FORUM: COMMUNITY MEETING ON VIOLENCE. The correction appears below. I have also added Oakland, which has a rate of 26.78/100,000.

2003 Homicide Rates in 16 Bay Area Cities

Source: FBI (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/xl/03tbl08.xls)

City

Population

Homicides

Homicide Rate/100,000

Richmond

103,629

38

36.67

Alameda

73,692

0

Berkeley

104,727

6

5.73

Concord

126,539

4

3.16

Daly City

102,970

0

Fremont

209,026

2

0.96

Hayward

144,215

2

1.39

Milpitas

64,368

3

4.66

Mt. View

70,781

1

1.41

Palo Alto

58,147

2

3.44

Redwood City

75,234

2

2.66

San Leandro

81,455

3

3.68

San Mateo

92,900

1

1.08

South San Francisco

60,584

2

3.30

Vallejo

121,055

6

4.96

Walnut Creek

66,031

0

Oakland

407,003

109

26.78

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